TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chawan, Vijay Kumar (PT500517)
AU  - Damle, Rashmin (Guide)
TI  - Analysis of flow patterns using water-table apparatus by varying the model scale (Softcopy is also available)
U1  - MBEP TH-0020  
PY  - 2019///
N1  - CONTENTS
1.Introduction  1 
1.1.Background  1 
1.2.Purpose statement  2 
1.3.Research question  2 
1.4.Research objectives  2 
1.5.Significance of the study  2 
1.6 Scope  2 
1.7.Limitations  3 
2.Literature Review  3 
2.1 Analytical and empirical models  3 
2.2 Small-scale and full-scale experimental models  3 
2.3 Multi-zone and numerical models  4 
2.4.Computer fluid dynamics (CFD)  4 
2.5.Water-table studies  4 
2.6.Learning from the literature review  5 
3.Research Methodology  6 
3.1.Overview  6 
3.2.Experimental Setup  6 
3.3.Experimentation of different model scales  8 
3.4.Testing of current methodology for different speeds  9 
3.5.Testing of current methodology for ACH  9 
3.6.Photographic data analysis for deriving ventilation metrics  10 
3.7.Extracting Pixel values  10 
3.8.Establishing relationship between pixel values and dye concentration  10 
3.9.Ventilation metrics  13 
3.6.1Percentage of dead spots (% DS)  13 
3.6.2Absolute ventilation efficiency (Ea) 13 
3.6.3Air Changes per Hour (ACH)  13 
3.6.4Ventilation metric calculation  15 
4.Results and discussion  16 
4.1.Flow patterns for different configurations using 1:20 Scale  16 
4.2.Effect of model scale  18 
4.3.Dead Spots (DS)  19 
4.4.Absolute Ventilation Efficiency (Ea)  23 
4.5.Air Change per Hour (ACH)  25 
4.6.Effect of speed at 1:20 scale  27 
5. Conclusions  28 
6. Learnings and Recommendations for future study  29 
6.1.Learnings from the experiment  29 
6.2.Recommendations  29 
7 References  30 
Appendix A1 I 
Appendix A2 II 
Appendix B  III 
Appendix C  IV 
Appendix D  VI 
Appendix E  IX  



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